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Where does “اشتباه” come from?

اشتباه (Persian) comes from Arabic اِشْتِبَاه, from Arabic شبه — to resemble, to bear a resemblance, to be...

اشتباه (Persian): mistake; error

Definitions

  1. mistake; error

Ancestry of “اشتباه”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicاِشْتِبَاهlikeness, suspicion, uncertainty, doubt
2Arabicشبهto resemble, to bear a resemblance, to be...
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